{"id":12440,"date":"2010-11-27T10:27:07","date_gmt":"2010-11-27T15:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/?p=12440"},"modified":"2010-11-29T09:42:10","modified_gmt":"2010-11-29T14:42:10","slug":"grid-great-deaf-center-benefactors-spotlighted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2010\/11\/27\/grid-great-deaf-center-benefactors-spotlighted\/","title":{"rendered":"Grid great, deaf center benefactors spotlighted"},"content":{"rendered":"

Grid great, deaf center benefactors spotlighted<\/strong><\/p>\n

By Sarah Tindall
\nNovember 21, 2010<\/p>\n

CORPUS CHRISTI \u2014 Heroes abounded at the Omni Marina Hotel on Oct. 27 as the
\nfriends of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center gathered to honor Sheryl and
\nFrank McMillan III, the recipients of the Floerke Family Wall of Honor
\naward, and to get to meet and greet with another great hero, Houston Oilers
\ncoaching legend Bum Phillips. The McMillans were making everyone feel at
\nhome as they entered the VIP party, where Phillips was seated near a great
\nbackdrop of goal posts and footballs. We could meet the man himself or take
\na picture with him, and he was very cordial and friendly.<\/p>\n

I saw Trisha Harman and her daughter Kaci. Trisha looked wiped out after her
\nwork getting the evening together, but it sure was fun, and I thanked her
\nfor a great event.<\/p>\n

Once we made our way to the banquet room, I noticed the amazing technology
\nthat the hearing center employs to make sure that just because some
\nattendees couldn\u2019t hear, they still wouldn\u2019t be missing a thing. There was a
\nteleprompter that printed everything that was announced on the microphone as
\nwell as a person translating the speeches into sign language. It made me
\nwonder how many events I\u2019ve been to while someone there attended without
\nbeing able to hear what was going on.<\/p>\n

After we enjoyed a delicious dinner, it was time for what we were waiting
\nanxiously for: the surprise announcement of the recipient of the Susan S.
\nTiller Award and Phillips\u2019 interview. Carla Hoffman presented the award to a
\nsurprised and humble Betty Guerro, who accepted it on behalf of her husband,
\ntoo, who was unable to come. She and her husband Andy have worked as
\nvolunteers for the center since 1979.<\/p>\n

Matt Hicks of the Corpus Christi Hooks did a fantastic job interviewing
\nPhillips, and then it was time to head home, proud to help support an
\ninstitution that helps so many.<\/p>\n

Yuletide Market<\/p>\n

Another institution that has been improving the lives of others is the YWCA.
\nI attended its Yuletide Market luncheon on Nov. 5 at the American Bank
\nCenter. It was a lovely luncheon; I sat with Monica Sanderson, this year\u2019s
\nYuletide Market chair, and her sister and aunts and mom \u2014 all the gals she
\nloves had come from near and far to support the YWCA and Monica.<\/p>\n

The lunch was lovely, and it was fun to learn about the YWCA with its Y
\nTeens program, which the luncheon raises funds to support every year.<\/p>\n

YWCA Director Nancy Wesson-Dodd even told us that the program is so popular
\nthat towns as far away as Beeville and Aransas Pass are calling her to find
\nout if they can start a teen group.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a great opportunity to give girls the tools to make strong,
\npositive decisions,\u201d Dodd said of the Y Teens program, \u201cand 90 percent of
\nthe girls leaving our program say that they feel prepared to be good leaders
\nand citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s an inspiring statistic, and Rosara de la Santos, the president of IBC
\nBank and a Y Teen graduate herself, concurred. \u201cI can\u2019t imagine growing up
\nwithout somebody telling me that I was worthy,\u201d she said, \u201cand I can thank
\nthe Y for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another past Y Teen, Callie Ahuja, also was happy to tell us her success
\nstory: Attending the YWCA as a young person, she said, was one of the best
\nexperiences she has had. It\u2019s good to know that our local girls have such an
\namazing program.<\/p>\n

Contact freelancer, mom and professional multitasker Sarah Tindall at
\nsrjtindall@gmail.com<\/p>\n

Source:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.caller.com\/news\/2010\/nov\/21\/grid-great-deaf-center-benefactors-spotlighted<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Grid great, deaf center benefactors spotlighted By Sarah Tindall November 21, 2010 CORPUS CHRISTI \u2014 Heroes abounded at the Omni Marina Hotel on Oct. 27 as the friends of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center gathered to honor Sheryl…<\/p>\n

Read more →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[98,7251,7250,7242,166,2163,179,7248,7246,7241,7240,7245,203,7239,7247,191,7243,17,7244,7249],"class_list":["post-12440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deaf-news","tag-banquet","tag-betty-guerro","tag-bum-phillips","tag-carla-hoffman","tag-corpus-christi","tag-deaf-and-hard-of-hearing-center","tag-dinner","tag-floerke-family-wall-of-honor-award","tag-frank-mcmillan-iii","tag-matt-hicks","tag-nancy-wesson-dodd","tag-omni-marina-hotel","tag-party","tag-sarah-tindall","tag-sheryl-mcmillan","tag-sign-language","tag-susan-s-tiller","tag-texas","tag-trisha-harman","tag-vip"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p752R-3eE","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42267,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2021\/09\/02\/obituary-william-willie-floerke\/","url_meta":{"origin":12440,"position":0},"title":"Obituary: William “Willie” Floerke","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"September 2, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"William \"Willie\" Floerke (1928-2021) passed away in Corpus Christi on August 25, 2021. According to Toni Padilla, \"Willie was the patriarch of the Corpus Christi Deaf community.\" He suffered from \"corvid pneumonia\" but stood strong while hospitals were filled up with pandemic victims in ICUs in Corpus Christi. As longtime\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/category\/deaf-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Floerkes-1997.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Floerkes-1997.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Floerkes-1997.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Floerkes-1997.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":39652,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2019\/09\/12\/obituary-taft-evelyn-mary-floerke\/","url_meta":{"origin":12440,"position":1},"title":"Obituary: Taft – Evelyn Mary Floerke","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"September 12, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Evelyn Floerke was born on September 27, 1925 to Jim and Emmittle Segura Fitch in Port Arthur, Texas. Evelyn is preceded in death by her parents, four sisters Mary Ella (Dutch) Mosely, Ruby (Forest) Sebastian, Hazel (Jack) Richard, Jeanette (Billy) Turnham, and three half-sisters Georgia Gaspard, Agnes Moore, and Anna\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/category\/deaf-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/floerke2-268x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":40395,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2020\/02\/20\/swced-2020-conference-corpus-christi\/","url_meta":{"origin":12440,"position":2},"title":"SWCED 2020 Conference – Corpus Christi","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"February 20, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"SWCED 2020 Conference Bringing the Future into Focus Website: https:\/\/swced.org\/ Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SWCED\/ July 14, 2020 @ 8:00 am \u2013 July 16, 2020 @ 12:00 pm We have an amazing line up of speakers at this years conference, including keynote speakers Betsy Moog, Thomas Horejes, and Michael Bonner. The full agenda\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/category\/deaf-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/Statewide-Conference-on-Education-of-the-Deaf-and-Hard-of-Hearing-logo.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7137,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2009\/07\/15\/updated-corpus-christi-deaf-alumni-reunion-vlog\/","url_meta":{"origin":12440,"position":3},"title":"UPDATED: Corpus Christi – Deaf Alumni Reunion & Vlog","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"July 15, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Regional Day School Program for the Deaf Alumni Reunion & Vlog Greetings from Corpus Christi!! Former students, faculty, and staff of Regional Day School Program for the Deaf of Corpus Christi, TX, we are seeking YOU!! Please check out the RDSPD introduction VLOG video: http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=lQGXVVy6H2Q Corpus Christi Regional Day School\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/category\/deaf-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24355,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2013\/08\/20\/big-plans-in-corpus-christi\/","url_meta":{"origin":12440,"position":4},"title":"Big Plans in Corpus Christi","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"August 20, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Big Plans in Corpus Christi Dear Leaders and Colleagues: On November 23, 2013, we will make history in Corpus Christi! Our first 5K Event, part of the day long \u2018Deaf Diffusion\u201d Event, will kick-off an annual celebration of deaf community involvement, talent, skill and leadership. If you check our Facebook\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/category\/deaf-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"The Deaf and Hard of Hearing Center","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/The-Deaf-and-Hard-of-Hearing-Center.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6382,"url":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/2009\/05\/04\/regional-day-school-deaf-reunion-corpus-christi\/","url_meta":{"origin":12440,"position":5},"title":"Regional Day School Deaf Reunion – Corpus Christi","author":"Grant Laird Jr","date":"May 4, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Regional Day School Program for the Deaf of Corpus Christi Greetings from Corpus Christi!! Former students, faculty, and staff of Regional Day School Program for the Deaf of Corpus Christi, TX, we are seeking YOU!! SAVE THE DATE What: A two-day Corpus Christi Regional Day School Program for the Deaf\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "General"","block_context":{"text":"General","link":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/blog\/category\/deaf-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12440"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12444,"href":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12440\/revisions\/12444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deafnetwork.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}